New, mobile devices enable employees to work from anywhere - work is no longer tied to the office. Polycom has seven top technology trends identified that determine our work in the future:
1. Growing importance of collaboration tools
Globalization leads according Polycom means that more and more people work together across multiple time zones, borders and cultures with others. Tools that allow companies to enable their business activities and cooperation of its employees over time and distance away, would be more important. Successful companies are but only if they establish a culture of cooperation, while their employees can choose which tools they use - whether it is e-mail, phone, social media or video and content sharing. In particular, the visual communication will continue to grow, according to Polycom this year in importance and help to overcome barriers in communication.
2. Integration, not only interoperability
Video conferencing change business models, such as the White Paper "Revolutionizing the Future Workplace" shows of futurist Jack Uldrich explains Polycom. Today is one of the video most frequently used tools for collaboration and it is expected that video has overtaken email as the preferred means of communication by 2016. But this passing only when collaboration tools such as voice, video and content sharing would be integrated into existing communications systems, enterprise applications and workflows. New technologies such as WebRTC, new protocols such as SVC, a variety of SDKs (Software Development Kits) and a deep understanding of unified communication applications would also help to ensure that the use of video continues to spread. This year also would mainly new industry-specific solutions - particularly in the healthcare sector, with governments, financial services and trade - enhance the use and relevance of Video enormous.
3. Conversion of the workplace
In order to reduce warehouse space and associated costs, many companies change from currently towards a single office to open workspaces and offer their employees also flexible working conditions, so Polycom. New technologies, such as sound insulation, lighting settings and digital whiteboards and the increasing desire for simpler collaboration would change our habitual work environments on and the current office-based workspace will soon be obsolete. It will be in the future more important, however, to be able to get in touch with the rest of the world in any place and at any time.
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4. In the "era of the super mobility"
Jack Uldrich goes in "Revolutionizing the Future Workplace" believe that by 2018 the number of smartphones will increase to approximately 2.4 billion units - compared to the PC, a ratio of 6:1. You could call it the "age of super mobility" call, which now dawns: Mobile devices are equipped with all the tools and all the technology, require the employee to be able to be productive on the road - from voice over video to content collaborative solutions. This "super mobility" will bring an increased use of near field communication (NFC) WiFi and other wireless technologies and mobile devices users to have easier and safer access to visual collaboration tools from companies, says Polycom.
5. SME relies on cloud-based collaboration solutions
Fueled by developments in mobility and cloud, today enable subscription-based service companies the opportunity to improve internal collaboration. More than ever, would, according to Polycom medium company's cloud-based VoIP, video and content-sharing services use. In addition, the traditional fixed infrastructure (PSTN) will soon be obsolete - with the legal arrangement to take all voice services within the next five years from the fixed network, the use of cloud-based voice, video and content will rise dramatically. New applications and services that were previously difficult to integrate into the traditional solutions with cloud-based collaboration services could also be used much more easily.
6. Browser-based collaboration solutions preferred
Businesses that are currently looking for easier and more effective communication, will attract in the coming year the Web browser as the preferred solution to consider is Polycom's safest. To this end, therefore, also contribute to the developments in WebRTC. Ease of use is crucial, as more and more companies are looking for a quick and easy use of video. WebRTC would in 2015 are increasingly gaining traction, but only be able to cover basic functions - so who wants advanced features, will still have to rely on enterprise solutions.
7. Meetings will continue to change for the better
Meetings are changing, because technologies are developed further and open up new ways of communicating. Thanks to better quality and simpler implementation of collaboration solutions can virtually collaborate as good as if the people involved exist within the same room. Video conferencing solutions can easily (Microsoft Lync) are connected to audio solutions from other vendors such as Skype for Business loud Polycom future also.
2015 collaboration tools would be developed and improved world. Workers will therefore provide in the future more and more demand for flexible working environments and conditions in order to meet their work productively there, where they want, says Polycom. Our workplace is changing, and it is assumed that the visual communication will make a huge contribution.
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